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This vehicle is HUGE! Bigger than the Town Car; bigger than the most recent Fleetwood Brougham. This is going ...

What's Cadillac's answer going to be to this (very big Lincoln)?

This vehicle is HUGE! Bigger than the Town Car; bigger than the most recent Fleetwood Brougham. This is going to be the roomiest four passenger vehicle on the road besides the Rolls Royce Phantom and a few Bentleys.. They're calling it the Learjet of the road..

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Bigger than a Fleetwood Brougham? It's only 200 inches long. Better than a Lincoln Town Car? Please. I don't care how many turbochargers the engine has, it's still a V6. I'm going to sit here and watch the entire luxury car segment drive off a cliff. In the mean time, I'll keep my Town Car.

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Originally Posted by Maxb49

Bigger than a Fleetwood Brougham? It's only 200 inches long. Better than a Lincoln Town Car? Please. I don't care how many turbochargers the engine has, it's still a V6. I'm going to sit here and watch the entire luxury car segment drive off a cliff. In the mean time, I'll keep my Town Car.

I should have said, "bigger inside"... It's got more room. Even width.

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Check out the MKT's one-piece windshield & glass roof. That certainly won't make it to production. (Any bets on how much it would cost to replace the glass when the windshield gets chipped? $5K?)

One piece I read said that if it goes to production, the 4-seater would be morphed into a 3-row crossover. Ho, hum.

Lincoln (and Ford) seem to be doing a lot with short crossovers and tall cars. ( 60" - 67" tall) This seems to be the sweet spot for easy access and higher sight lines for the driver. All of the Cadillac sedans are in the 57-58" tall range.

Rumor has it that the 415 HP ecoboost engine will be available in the MKS in 2010. Woohoo!

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Better than a Lincoln Town Car? Please. I don't care how many turbochargers the engine has, it's still a V6. I'm going to sit here and watch the entire luxury car segment drive off a cliff. In the mean time, I'll keep my Town Car.

Yeah, because it would be hard for a V6 to out-muscle all 235 massive horses that the TownCar's current V8 puts out.

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I cant figure Lincoln out. They had a great car in the LS but just didnt have enough interior room. The trunk was also tiny. Then they release the HORRIDLY ugly MKZ to replace the LS segment. The worst rear end on the road. It is a glorified Fusion for Gods sake.

The geniuses at Ford are a little late to the party with the Interceptor concept and the Lincoln MKR, which is a bad ass lookin mofo. They should have made the LS available with the supercharged 8 they were putting into the Jag S Type R. If they had I may still be driving a Lincoln and not the V.

And they wonder why they are going broke. They cant even get a production motor over 300hp without a blower.

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Originally Posted by MauiV

And they wonder why they are going broke. They cant even get a production motor over 300hp without a blower.

lol and Cadillac has what again? Have you looked at the engines in the V lineup? Hell Cadillac is dumping the V8's and going with V6's and turbo diesels instead. What's the saying about people living in glass houses again?

EDIT: And the LS was not a great car. Nice car, but not great by any means

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What does Lincoln have again? An "impressive" 235hp V8 mated to a two-ton-plus TownCar? That's not even competitive versus the bargain brands. The last V8 Cadillac with power that low was over 15 years ago!